Cornish Cross Approximately 20 Metres South of Tower of Former Church of St Illogan is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. A Medieval Cross.
Cornish Cross Approximately 20 Metres South of Tower of Former Church of St Illogan
- WRENN ID
- third-chamber-poplar
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- Camborne and Redruth MP: Perran Moon (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Cross
- OS grid reference
- SW 671 440
- Coordinates
- 50.25025, -5.26804
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Cornish cross, located approximately 20 metres south of the tower of the former Church of St Illogan, is a medieval structure made of dressed granite. It is a Vheelhead type cross, rectangular in section, and stands about 2 metres high. The shaft features chamfered corners and has a raised circular panel on each face. The west side displays a Latin cross, while the east side features a Greek cross.
Local climate
Cornish Cross Approximately 20 Metres South of Tower of Former Church of St Illogan receives an average of 880 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 5 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 2 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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